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Died on August 8th
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Cannonball Adderley |
Jazz Musician |
15-Sep-1928 |
8-Aug-1975 |
Alto sax blower |
| Alan Ameche |
Football |
1-Mar-1933 |
8-Aug-1988 |
Winner, 1954 Heisman Trophy |
| Barbara Bel Geddes |
Actor |
31-Oct-1922 |
8-Aug-2005 |
Miss Ellie on Dallas |
| Louise Brooks |
Actor |
14-Nov-1906 |
8-Aug-1985 |
Pandora's Box |
| George Canning |
Politician |
11-Apr-1770 |
8-Aug-1827 |
Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain |
| Richard Deacon |
Actor |
14-May-1921 |
8-Aug-1984 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Silvester Gardiner |
Doctor |
29-Jun-1708 |
8-Aug-1786 |
Colonial American pharmacist |
| James Irwin |
Astronaut |
17-Mar-1930 |
8-Aug-1991 |
8th to walk on the Moon |
| Howell Edmunds Jackson |
Judge |
8-Apr-1832 |
8-Aug-1895 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1893-95 |
| Shirley Jackson |
Novelist |
14-Dec-1916 |
8-Aug-1965 |
The Lottery |
| Lucas van Leyden |
Engraver |
1489 |
8-Aug-1533 |
Dutch Renaissance engraver, painter |
| Adolf Loos |
Architect |
10-Dec-1870 |
8-Aug-1933 |
Ornament and Crime |
| Gene Mauch |
Baseball |
18-Nov-1925 |
8-Aug-2005 |
MLB Manager |
| Thomas J. McIntyre |
Politician |
20-Feb-1915 |
8-Aug-1992 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1962-79 |
| Vilhelm Moberg |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1898 |
8-Aug-1973 |
The Emigrants |
| Orville Moody |
Golf |
9-Dec-1933 |
8-Aug-2008 |
Winner, 1969 US Open |
| Russ Morgan |
Musician |
29-Apr-1904 |
8-Aug-1969 |
Bandleader, arranger and trombonist |
| Nevill F. Mott |
Physicist |
30-Sep-1905 |
8-Aug-1996 |
Properties of semiconductors |
| Alan Napier |
Actor |
7-Jan-1903 |
8-Aug-1988 |
Alfred on Batman |
| Patricia Neal |
Actor |
20-Jan-1926 |
8-Aug-2010 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| Paul Porcasi |
Actor |
1879 |
8-Aug-1946 |
Character actor, Broadway and film |
| Maureen Reagan |
Relative |
4-Jan-1941 |
8-Aug-2001 |
Daughter of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman |
| Paul Rudolph |
Architect |
23-Oct-1918 |
8-Aug-1997 |
Brutalist architect |
| Melville Shavelson |
Film Director |
1-Apr-1917 |
8-Aug-2007 |
Yours, Mine and Ours |
| Edna Skinner |
Actor |
23-May-1921 |
8-Aug-2003 |
Kay Addison on Mister Ed |
| Chaim Soutine |
Painter |
1894 |
8-Aug-1944 |
Expressionist painter, Carcass of Beef |
| Adolph Sutro |
Politician |
29-Apr-1830 |
8-Aug-1898 |
San Francisco mayor, 1895-97 |
| Sharon Tate |
Actor |
24-Jan-1943 |
8-Aug-1969 |
Polanski's wife murdered by Manson family |
| Thomas à Kempis |
Religion |
1380 |
8-Aug-1471 |
Imitation of Christ |
| Baldur von Schirach |
Government |
9-Mar-1907 |
8-Aug-1974 |
Hitler-Jugend, Gauleiter of Vienna |
| Erwin von Witzleben |
Military |
4-Dec-1881 |
8-Aug-1944 |
German general, tried to overthrow Hitler |
| Eric Walrond |
Author |
18-Dec-1898 |
8-Aug-1966 |
Tropic Death |
| Gouverneur Kemble Warren |
Military |
8-Jan-1830 |
8-Aug-1882 |
Union Army General |
| Fay Wray |
Actor |
15-Sep-1907 |
8-Aug-2004 |
King Kong |
| Torakusu Yamaha |
Business |
20-Apr-1851 |
8-Aug-1916 |
Founder of Yamaha Corporation |
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